The #1 New York Times bestselling account of a neurosurgeon's own
near-death experience--for readers of 7 Lessons from Heaven.
Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists
have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of
those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that
NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under
extreme stress.
Then, Dr. Alexander's own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part
of the brain that controls thought and emotion--and in essence makes us
human--shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as
his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander's eyes popped open.
He had come back.
Alexander's recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his
story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed
beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into
the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke
with, the Divine source of the universe itself.
Alexander's story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he
could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in
heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that
true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul
are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a
transition.
This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it
happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person
of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.
